In the episode, titled "Producer's Backend," Exley represents Tensley (Jones), an up-and-coming Hollywood starlet who gets in trouble with the law yet again. Her downward spiral makes Benson and the rest of the squad suspect a dark, underlying cause for her poor behavior. James plays a top producer who gave Tensley and many other famous teenagers their big break. Nicholson rounds out the guest cast as Tensley's mom.